To Which Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations Should We Pay More Attention?

Authors

Miroslav Svitek, Czech Technical University in PragueFollow
Olga Kosheleva, University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Thang Long UniversityFollow

Publication Date

9-1-2024

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-24-45

Abstract

Interdisciplinary research is very important in modern science. However, such a research is not easy, it often needs support and help. Resources that can be used for such a support are limited, so we need to decide which of many possible collaborations we should support. In this paper, we provide a natural simple model of collaboration effectiveness. Based on this model, we conclude that we should support collaborations for which the vector product of the participants' knowledge vectors attains the largest values.